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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escalade \Es`ca*lade"\, n. [F., Sp escalada (cf. It scalata), fr Sp escalar to scale, LL scalare, fr L. scala ladder. See {Scale}, v. t.] (Mil.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart. Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. --Buckminster. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escalade \Es`ca*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaladed}; p. pr & vb n. {Escalading}.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as to escalate a wall. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: escalade n : an act of scaling the walls of a fortification
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